Aviation Week

Bell Builds Hours On V-280 Valor, As 360 Invictus Makes Progress

Bell says its V-280 Valor contender for FLRAA builds on more than 500,000 hr. of operational experience with the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor. Credit: Bell If the competitions become about design maturity, ...
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Blistering-Fast Cousin of Bell 360 Invictus, V-280 Valor Could Use Pratt & Whitney Engines

The general public has come to know the concept of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) machines only recently, thanks to the many startups out there working on delivering new transportation solutions ...
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Bell shows V-280 potential as future sensor platform for long-range weapons

Bell has installed a Tactical Common Datalink on the V-280 Valor tiltrotor, a communications device that can pass back targeting data to precision long-range weapons. The company conducted ...
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Distributed Aperture Sensor test flown on Bell V-280

Lockheed Martin’s Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor (PDAS) was test flown aboard the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor in March. PDAS is a series of six infrared cameras arrayed around an aircraft that ...